Since Jesus Christ did not sin, we as Christians have hope of forgiveness of our sins, hope of being justified before a holy God. Our Lord had to be without His own sin so that He could stand in our place. And in Matthew 4, we see Jesus face temptation and sin and withstand both.

In this series, we continue exploring the temptation of Jesus Christ by examining a most unique theological question: whether Jesus was able to sin and what makes His temptations both similar to and different from ours.

On today's broadcast, we examine Satan's first temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Pastor Tom reveals the divine pattern for overcoming physical temptation—showing us how neglect, rebellion, and excess can ensnare us, and how Jesus' victorious response teaches us to consistently overcome the physical temptations that assault us daily.

Today we continue examining Christ's first temptation. Pastor Tom Pennington shows us five ways our needs cross into sin—neglect, excess like gluttony or laziness, methods contrary to God's Word, pursuits contrary to God's design, and idolatrous passion that places physical desires above loving God.

In Matthew 4 we find Satan's second temptation in the wilderness. Pastor Tom reveals how Satan tempted Christ to pursue personal glory instead of God's glory alone—and how Christ's victorious response teaches us that God's glory must always be our pursuit, never our own.

On today's program, we continue examining Satan's second temptation recorded in Matthew 4—his suggestion that Jesus jump from the Temple. Tom shows us how this seemingly spiritual act was actually self-promotion, masquerading as God's purposes.

The third and final temptation that Jesus faced in the wilderness was ultimately about exchanging His soul for power or prosperity. The real temptation wasn't to worship Satan but to receive what God had already promised Jesus—the kingdoms of this world—without following God's way of suffering and death and without waiting for God's timing after the resurrection.

In Matthew 4, we have considered the three temptations of Jesus by Satan Himself, informing us as Christians on how Jesus responded—and how we must also respond to temptation. On today’s program, Tom concludes his exposition of Matthew 4 by giving us three crucial reminders to recall when tempted, followed by three powerful implications of Christ’s victory over temptation.